#596E37#596E37

#596E37 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.083 H 126.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E37
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(83, 33%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(83, 50%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 50%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, -17.79, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 33.16, 122.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% -0.0495 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.083 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3853, 13.5514, 5.6822)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E37 #4C376E

analogous

#6E6737 #596E37 #3E6E37

triadic

#596E37 #37596E #6E3759

tetradic

#596E37 #376E67 #4C376E #6E373E

square

#596E37 #376E67 #4C376E #6E373E

split-complementary

#596E37 #373E6E #67376E

monochromatic

#171C0E #384523 #596E37 #7A974B #98B56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#596E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E37

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E37	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.083 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89976f',
    500: '#596e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e37;
$custom-light: #89976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.909,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50747,
    "c": 0.08349,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E37

secondary

#79639E

accent

#5EC987

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0C0D07

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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